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Friday, October 02, 2015

JOE JACKSON RELEASES FAST FORWARD, FEATURES FOUR SETS OF SONGS RECORDED IN FOUR DIFFERENT CITIES - NEW YORK, AMSTERDAM, BERLIN & NEW ORLEANS

The
ever-restless songwriter Joe Jackson travelled the world to record ‘Fast
Forward,’ his first collection of original songs in seven years, set for
October 2, 2015 release on earMUSIC in Europe.

Originally
conceived to be released as a series of EPs, the album was produced and
arranged by Jackson, and features four sets of four songs recorded in four
different cities – New York, New Orleans, Berlin and Amsterdam – each with a
different set of first-call supporting musicians. The results rank among the richest and most
rewarding music of his storied career.

NEW YORK - Jackson
has called New York home for many years.
He recorded these tracks with Bill Frisell on guitar, Brian Blade on
drums, his long-time bassist Graham Maby, and jazz violin star Regina Carter.
Along with three originals including the album’s title track, these sessions
feature a scorching take on a New York classic, Television’s “See No Evil.”

AMSTERDAM - Distinguished
by the most diverse instrumentation of the four sessions, Jackson is joined on
these songs by frequent collaborators Stefan Kruger and Stefan Schmid from the
band Zuco 103, the Concertgebouw orchestra, and the project's only guest
vocalist, 14-year-old Mitchell Sink.

BERLIN - Berlin
is Jackson’s second home, and he recorded here with two expatriate American
musicians: acoustic bass master Greg Cohen (Tom Waits, Ornette Coleman, Bob
Dylan) and Tindersticks´ drummer Earl Harvin. These sessions produced the
album’s second cover, Jackson's modern English take on the 1930s German
'Kabarett' song “Good Bye Jonny.”

NEW ORLEANS
- Jackson travelled to one of his favourite cities, New Orleans, to record with
an all-local cast including three members of the funk band Galactic - drummer
Stanton Moore, bassist Robert Mercurio, and guitarist Jeff Raines – and a horn
section led by saxophonist Donald Harrison.